Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
MONOGENIST
Etymology
Noun
monogenist (plural monogenists)
(anthropology, historical) One who maintains that all members of the human race belong to a single species.
Antonyms
• polygenist
Source: Wiktionary
Mo*nog"e*nist, n. (Anthropol.)
Definition: One who maintains that the human races are all of one species;
– opposed to polygenist.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CONSCIENTIOUS
(adjective) guided by or in accordance with conscience or sense of right and wrong; “a conscientious decision to speak out about injustice”
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